The death toll in the outbreak of a new pneumonia-causing coronavirus has exceeded 2,000 in China, health authorities said Wednesday, with Hong Kong recording a second death in the territory. Tedros...

This year's flu season has been more severe than last year's so far. The activity was moderate in Nevada and OR; falls in the District of Columbia, Alaska and Florida; and minimum in Idaho. "It's not ...

More than 32,000 medical workers from elsewhere in China have been sent to the province as reinforcement, Hubei's government said at a press conference Tuesday. Beijing has sought to forestall that by...

Bloomberg's presence in the race certainly exposes the influence that money can have on politics, and given Bloomberg's record, Democrats are justifiably angry at the former mayor of NY. This will be ...

While the number of flu cases starts to wind down after the season hits a peak, Bess does not expect flu cases to end any time soon. Some people may have vomiting and diarrhea, though this is more c...

The latest figures come after health officials in China published the first details on almost 45,000 cases of infection with the coronavirus that originated there, saying more than 80% have been mild ...

Global health authorities had to remain on guard against a wider outbreak, said Jimmy Whitworth, professor of International Public Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. There are no ...

Cases seem to have been declining since February 1, but that could change as people return to work and school after the Chinese holidays, the report warns. Given human-to-human transmission of the dis...

Though the new report fills in some gaps for understanding the outbreak, others remain. The hospital was designated to exclusively treat virus-infected patients. Centers for Disease Control and Prev...

USA officials had earlier announced that 44 people from the Diamond Princess ship had tested positive for coronavirus and were to remain to Japan for treatment. All passengers will undergo a 14 day ...

They looked at 72,314 confirmed, suspected, clinically diagnosed, and asymptomatic cases of COVID-19 illness across China as of February 11. The research also points to the high risk to medical staf...

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In other developments, the number of infected people on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan continued to soar, as infections were detected in 14 Americans who were just evacuated from the ship...

So far, more than 456 cases have been confirmed aboard the ship, with 99 cases confirmed by Japanese health authorities on Monday. China may postpone its annual congress, its biggest political meeti...

He also said as more data comes in from China , officials are beginning to understand the outbreak and "how it's developing and where it could be headed". "We reached the conclusion that unfortunatel...

Figures showed at least 68,500 people have been infected in China and the death toll has passed 1,660, majority in Hubei. Looking at the numbers of new confirmed cases per day, they've declined for ...

However, Dr. Robert Edwards, a professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine who was not involved in the study , said that the link ...

Nearly 70,000 people have been infected globally, and more than 1,600 killed since the coronavirus outbreak began. The number of new cases of the COVID-19 strain spiked last week when officials in H...

He termed the geographical spread of the crippling virus and its transmission a real danger for the children. In order to benefit from the low temperatures, the anti-polio drive had been scheduled f...

Health officials said that there was little chance that the infection had spread, but that they would continue to search for anyone who had prolonged contact with the couple. While on Oahu, he had col...

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Some are going as far as dunking their food in, and drinking bleach - yeah, I'm being serious. The results were gotten from a survey carried out by the CDC. "The biggest spaces were found in knowledge about safe preparation of cleaning and disinfectant solutions and about the storage of hand sanitizers out of the reach of kids", added the CDC.

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Administrators of both universities, which are affiliated, said Saturday's graduation for the technical university would instead be "refocused" on students, with a nursing graduate as the only speaker. "We are excited to host a truly unique commencement ceremony during this unprecedented time for our students to celebrate with family and friends their accomplishments" said WSU Tech President Sheree Utash said in a release.

The awards will be presented in virtual format, and the broadcast of the award ceremony will be done from a closed studio. The lack of diversity at the Bafta film awards in January was a major talking point, with Steve McQueen saying the awards risked becoming " irrelevant " if it continued to ignore BAME talent.

Molly said during the first two days of bringing him home, Chai was "like a normal puppy " but then he became very unwell and lethargic. In a statement to Newsbeat, though, the company that sold Mr Chai , Tiffany Puppies , has insisted he was a "a healthy dog".